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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
14
The Boston Post asserts it holds the largest daily morning circulation in the United States, a claim highlighted by The Fourth Estate. The statement emphasizes the paper's dominant reach and influence in the market.
Prices of small loaves rise from five to six cents as Boston bakers adjust costs for materials and labor. The public is urged to check loaf weight at stores or weigh at home, while the law remains unable to fix price but requires proper weight.
Republicans mock the Democrats for relying on William J. Bryan as Wilson campaign speaker while praising Colonel Roosevelt for his prior attacks on the current party. The piece notes shifting alliances and the proverb about whose ox is gored.
The piece argues Wall Street condemns the eight hour law as harmful to rail traffic yet longs to profit from the sector. It notes railroad stock prices rose after the act, suggesting hypocrisy between rhetoric and action in financial markets.
Birds would lose a vast wetland habitat as Lake Metheur in Oregon, 15 miles by 6, six feet deep, hosts hundreds of thousands of waterfowl. T. Gilbert Pearson of the Audubon Society urges the General Land Office to preserve the lake and urges Interior withhold approval of any drainage scheme.
A report questions whether unused Oregon land can be developed for utilitarian use without violating protections for a local bird sanctuary. Officials weigh legal constraints and possible land-use exceptions.
Senator Thomas asks in a New York World letter if Republican presidential candidate Hughes privately opposed woman suffrage yet indicated he might change his mind, calling suffrage lamentable yet inevitable and warning of intensified feminist pressure. The piece questions voters' trust in a candidate who reserves the right to alter his stance.
A massive concrete hull with steel ribs arrived from Christianiafjord, touted as the first stone vessel ever floated. Observers note earlier brick battleships at Saugus Navy Yard and rail carload shipments of brick ships as a new naval growth.
The Observant Citizen muses on Governor Christopher Gore's birth anniversary and Boston changes from Harvard landmarks to a modern car factory on Gore's former estate. He notes local quirks, praises Dr. Loring W. Puffer, mentions a new book by Louis A. Svrthingham, rising costs of building, cranberry dye, and readers reporting high car numbers across states. A Somerville Elks feast features a 1000 pound ox for barbecue.
In New York the Progressive primaries produced weak results for Roosevelt allies. Whitman won the nomination while Seabury drew about two thirds of Whitman’s votes, signaling limited Progressive power. Robert Bacon lost to Calder in the Senate race, marking an unhappy day for Roosevelt.
Readers inquire about Billie Burke real name, hyacinth planting, immigrant states in 1915, back taxes in Massachusetts, and the chief justice of the Massachusetts judiciary. Answers note Billie Burke is Florenz Ziegfeld Jr's wife, advise planting anytime before ground freezes, cite New York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania as top immigrant destinations, explain real versus personal taxes with six year statute and two year real estate selloff, and name Arthur Prentice Rugg as chief justice.
Don Quixote and Sancho join Master Peter a strolling player with a prophesying ape and a puppet show. The knight attacks pasteboard Moors, nearly destroying the theater, then learns Master Peter is the escaped convict Gines de Passamonte in disguise.
A reader asks how to win a girl who acts friendly but flirts with other men. The adviser says she Davy a coquette who wants attention from many men, and suggests being attentive, patient, and proposing a serious exclusive relationship to see if she commits. If impatience wins out, ask her to go with you alone and drop the others.
Rose Marie seeks shelter from a sudden storm at a rambling cottage. She meets Anthony Bliss on the porch after a muddy, tearful cry that turns to laughter. He cites Aunt Mary’s vote stance as a joke, and they fall into each other’s arms as the sun breaks through.
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